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“Expressions common to all parts of the state [but] not current in Virginia or South Carolina — real Tarheelisms — are exceedingly scarce. These two words may perhaps be so regarded: tow sack and biddie! “Tow sack for a burlap sack is in general use throughout the state and very little outside its boundaries…. “The […]